dianeseattle
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People in the news just seemed like they couldn't wait to declare New York City the epicenter of COVID 19. And yet, if you think back to March 2020, you will notice the first outbreak was in a rehabilitation center for senior citizens in Kirkland, Washington, right across the lake from Seattle.
Those first hundred cases became 200 cases and involved both senior residents and their caregivers. And the next thing you knew, it spread like wildfire all over the Puget Sound area.
The media response to COVID was ridiculous. People were buying up hand sanitizer like it was uranium ore. Everyone followed everyone else but they didn't do anything positive keep it from spreading. And now it is a pandemic, as real a plague as bubonic plague. We could make it stop but trying to get people to do what needed to be done was the most difficult thing anyone tried to do.
In Washington State, 3,000 people have died and more than 178,000 have been infected. That is just one state.
Today's devastating statistic, right this very minute, is that in the entire state of Washington there are only five empty ICU beds.
FIVE.
It is horrifying to imagine what could happen between now and tomorrow or the next day.
Companies like PURELL should be ashamed of profiting on death by NOT admitting its product does NOTHING to protect or destroy the virus. Only an anti-viral substance can fight a virus. COVID should be taken as seriously as AIDS. We have no cure or effective treatment for either. All medical science can do is try to keep people alive while they fight for life.
I can't stand it. Projections indicate the mortality count will double by 2021.
In the absence of a vaccine, we could almost kill the virus by
But historically, failure to act in concert against an enemy is routine, so people die when they could survive.
FIVE ICU BEDS in the entire state. What if my son, or my best friend, or my doctor got sick tonight? My world would end.
Just wanted to share.
Those first hundred cases became 200 cases and involved both senior residents and their caregivers. And the next thing you knew, it spread like wildfire all over the Puget Sound area.
The media response to COVID was ridiculous. People were buying up hand sanitizer like it was uranium ore. Everyone followed everyone else but they didn't do anything positive keep it from spreading. And now it is a pandemic, as real a plague as bubonic plague. We could make it stop but trying to get people to do what needed to be done was the most difficult thing anyone tried to do.
In Washington State, 3,000 people have died and more than 178,000 have been infected. That is just one state.
Today's devastating statistic, right this very minute, is that in the entire state of Washington there are only five empty ICU beds.
FIVE.
It is horrifying to imagine what could happen between now and tomorrow or the next day.
Companies like PURELL should be ashamed of profiting on death by NOT admitting its product does NOTHING to protect or destroy the virus. Only an anti-viral substance can fight a virus. COVID should be taken as seriously as AIDS. We have no cure or effective treatment for either. All medical science can do is try to keep people alive while they fight for life.
I can't stand it. Projections indicate the mortality count will double by 2021.
In the absence of a vaccine, we could almost kill the virus by
- Washing hands
- Wearing masks and face shields
- Staying home as much as possible
- Avoiding unnecessary human contact
- Practicing safe distancing
But historically, failure to act in concert against an enemy is routine, so people die when they could survive.
FIVE ICU BEDS in the entire state. What if my son, or my best friend, or my doctor got sick tonight? My world would end.
Just wanted to share.